BMW Motorrad Motorsport News: Success for the BMW racers in FIM EWC, IDM and CSBK.

FIM Endurance World Championship: Success for BMW teams at Oschersleben.

The 8-hour race at Oschersleben (GER) was the penultimate round of
the 2018/19 season in the FIM Endurance World Championship (FIM EWC).
The long-distance race was held as part of “German Speedweek”. The
Fany Gastro BMW Motorrad by MERCURY RACING squad was the best-placed
BMW team in fifth place overall. The #21 BMW S 1000 RR was ridden by
Karel Hanika (CZE), Ondřej Ježek (CZE) and Ladislav Chmelik (CZE).

 

Oschersleben was the final race in the Superstock class, the FIM
Endurance World Cup. The GERT56 by GS YUASA team, with Stefan
Kerschbaumer (AUT), Lucy Glöckner (GER) and Pepijn Bijsterbosch (NED),
was in the thick of the title race right down to the final round. At
the end of a remarkably close championship, the team finished
runner-up in the overall classification – level on points with the
winners (45 points each). The team’s #56 RR finished 13th
overall and seventh in the Superstock class in the 8-hour Oschersleben race.

 

International German Championship: Mikhalchik wins at Oschersleben.

The International German Championship (IDM) also featured on the bill
at “German Speedweek” at Oschersleben (GER), where it held its second
event of the season. It was another successful weekend for the BMW S
1000 RR riders in the IDM. In Friday’s qualifying session, Julian
Puffe (GER / alpha Racing-Van-Zon-BMW) secured pole position ahead of
his team-mate Ilya Mikhalchik (UKR) in second place. The two races
were held on Saturday. Mikhalchik set the fastest lap of race one en
route to his second win of the season on the new RR. Puffe joined him
on the podium in third place. Dutchman Pepijn Bijsterbosch came home
fifth. Race two yielded more podium results for the BMW racers.
Mikhalchik finished runner-up, again setting the fastest lap of the
race. Bijsterbosch was third, followed by Puffe in fourth place. Jan
Mohr (AUT) also finished in the top ten in both races, with a ninth
and an eighth place to his name. Marc Neumann (GER) was tenth in race two.

 

Canadian Superbike Championship: Win number two of the season
for Ben Young.

Ben Young (CAN) continues his winning run in the Canadian Superbike
Championship (CSBK). After taking victory at the opening round at
Shannonville (CAN), the BMW racer also won race two of the season at
Grand Bend (CAN). Young started from pole position and, after some
thrilling battles for the lead, emerged victorious to take his second
win of the season. “It was a fantastic race,” said Young. “I knew that
Jordan Szoke was right on my heels the whole time and that the last
corner would be crucial again. The BMW S 1000 RR was perfect, so it
was just down to me to do my best to keep him behind me. We now want
to continue where we left off today at the third race of the season.”
Young has been the top rider in every session of the season so far.
Michael Leon (CAN) came home fifth, Samuel Trepanier (CAN / Blysk
Racing) was seventh and Jeff Williams (CAN) eighth.